Pacers vs Pelicans Best Pick, Prediction and Odds

The Indiana Pacers visit the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday 21 October at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, with tip-off at 8:00 PM ET. The Pacers are 3.5-point favorites on the early line.

This is the early page for the game: what is already known. Our full prediction, with the call and the numbers behind it, goes up on this page before tip-off.

Last season

The Pacers went 19-63 in 2025-26: 11-30 at home and 8-33 on the road. They scored 112.4 points a game and allowed 120.4. They did not play a playoff series.

The Pelicans went 26-56 in 2025-26: 17-24 at home and 9-32 on the road. They scored 115.5 points a game and allowed 120.0. They did not play a playoff series.

Last season’s meetings

The teams met twice in the 2025-26 regular season and split the games.

• 20 December: Pelicans 128, Pacers 109, with the Pelicans at home
• 16 January: Pacers 127, Pelicans 119, with the Pacers at home

The early line

At DraftKings, read 12 October 2026, the Pelicans are +3.5 after opening at +4.5. The total is 243.5. The moneylines are Pelicans +130 and Pacers -155, which price the Pacers to win 58.3% of the time with the bookmaker’s margin removed.

Lines move before tip-off. The full prediction reads them again on the day it goes up.

What this page does not say

Every result above is from last season. Rosters change over a summer, and this page names no player and says nothing about who is available. Every game is on our NBA predictions page.

Pacers at Pelicans, Wednesday 21 October, 8:00 PM ET at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. Results: ESPN, 2025-26 regular season and playoffs, read 12 October 2026. Line: DraftKings via ESPN, read 2026-10-12 05:29 UTC.